Bobcats XC Teams host 10K and Half Marathon Fun Run

2024 Cross Country Team

Paul Smith's College 10K and Half Marathon Fun Run

5 October '24

10K:  This year, we had three student athletes from Clinton Community College as well as Coach Andy Hastings taking part in this fifth year of the PSC 10K and Half Marathon Fun Run.  This event has it's roots in the COVID pandemic, which resulted in an extremely limited competition season in 2020.  The Paul Smith's College XC team headed to Vermont Tech for two dual meets, while Vermont Tech came to the Paul Smith's College VIC for our annual Pumpkin McMuffin.  We held the PSC 10K and Half Marathon Fun Run as part of Family Weekend, which resulted in quite a fun and festive opportunity for our students to be with their family members, and several of the families leapfrogged along in vehicles while nearly a dozen joined in the fun run as participants. 

This event has been maintained by the team, as it has been well received by the family members while coinciding with Family Weekend through 2023.  Unfortunately, the college's Family Weekend coincided with the Founding Tree Invitational, which has also become a team favorite. 

This funrun has provided a great opportunity for our runners to stretch their distance runs a bit, and without the stress of an actual race, to run the 10K, 10 mile or half marathon distance under a canopy of autumn colors along some of our woodland roadways, finishing at the former Norman's Store in the hamlet of Bloomingdale, NY.  The runners are able to run at a more relaxed pace than in most practice sessions and to run a "new" distance without the stress of scoring points.  It also frees the students and their family members to spend time together on a beautiful day in the Adirondacks.  

            Women's Participants: 6                  Men's Participants: 9